The day they captured "El Mencho", the Mexican authorities let him go

One of the most wanted men by the governments of Mexico and the United States, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, aka "El Mencho"The head of the national police Jalisco Cartel Nueva Generación (CJNG) was arrested in August 2012 by the secretary of the Navy and released two hours later, according to press reports, by order of the governor in office, Emilio González Márquez, Party of National Action (PAN).

On August 25, 2012, authorities reported the arrest of a person who was reportedly arrested. CJNG criminal leader. On that day, in the early hours of the morning, alleged members of the Cátel Jalisco Nueva Generación carried out narco blockades at various points of Jalisco state highways.

According to reports from the state's public security secretariat, 28 blockages were operated in 24 hours.

The first blockade took place at 3:10 am, with the fire of an oil tanker on the road Guadalajara-Chapala Almost at the same time, a cargo truck on Atotonilco Road recorded another fire with Ayo tlan.

Then, around 4 am on August 26, a pbadenger bus was set on the Morelia Guadalajara Highway, an hour later another vehicle appeared in Totla-Atotonilco. , about one kilometer from the 92nd Battalion of Mexican Military Infantry.

And so on they appeared blockages on the roads, roads and highways of the state of Jalisco.

That day, the media announced that the narcobloqueos would have been the answer to the arrest of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, "El Mencho", appointed as leader of the Jalisco Cartel Nueva Generación.

In 2012, "El Mencho" was not as powerful as today and, even though there was already a reward for this criminal, it has not reached the $ 10 million currently offered by the US and Mexican governments.

On August 26, the Ministry of Public Security explained that the capture had been carried out in the municipality of Tonaya, with the help of Black Hawk appliances, resulting in 6 alleged criminals and injured 3 federal police, reported various local media.

Information has also been revealed that the army and the navy have captured several of the CJNG's "precision operations" killers, including the friars. Rafael Jesús and Ramón Álvarez Ayala, the latter presumed leader of the criminal organization.

The arrests took place just as the State Secretariat for Public Security announced the implementation of the Red Code and strengthened the monitoring of arrivals and departures from the metropolitan area.

The governor of Jalisco, Emilio González Márquez, said on his Twitter account that "all security companies are working on the restoration of roads and the protection of citizens".

Many media who announced the arrest of Oseguera Cervantes then denied the arrest.

However, the rumor that he was released "have a protection network of local authorities", has also been reported in the national and international press.

According to reports in the newspapers that day, Oseguera Cervantes was reportedly arrested in the municipality of Tonaya, following a hard confrontation with elements of the security forces.

The operation to capture him began on Saturday, August 25, which involved military, seamen and elements of the federal police, who were kept secret and outside the government of Jalisco.

The operation took place in the municipalities of Tonaya, in the mountains, and in Tonalá, in the agglomeration of Guadalajara. They used 5 Black Hawk helicopters and a Mi-17 helicopter to try to stop "El Mencho".

During the clashes, six suspected drug traffickers were killed and two federal police officers were injured. As well They seized weapons and communications equipment.

That year, the federal authorities were about to stop "El Mencho" three times. The first took place in March, then in August and then in September.

Since then, a rumor has begun to circulate in the state: it would appear that state authorities have offered protection to the crime leader. Through Sinaloa cartel blankets, communicated to criminal groups and police reports via the Internet, they told Luis Carlos Najera, then Secretary of Public Security.

The mistrust that there was of the federal government towards the state increased, while local authorities constantly complained that they did not warn of activities carried out in the state.

In March 2012, it was the first time that the rumor of the arrest of Oseguera Cervantes was circulating, but the authorities denied it.

Federal forces have informed of the location of a house in the district of Lomas Altas, where allegedly Oseguera Cervantes would have been supposed. Combat helicopter operations and a mega operation took place. They circled 5 blocks in Piscis Streets. Yet it escaped them.

There have been arrests of leaders of the plaza and people close to "El Mencho", after clashes and captures have been recorded at least 16 narcoblocs, shots and 3 civilians killed.

There has never been any information regarding a possible investigation of state authorities, but during this year 2012, federal forces were disengaged from the state police, despite the public disagreement of local authorities.

But three years later, in July 2015, the journalist of a national newspaper received a confidential report that Marina would have arrested the "Mencho" in Zapopan in August 2012 and delivered it. to local authorities. These, however, released it 2 hours later.

Neither the federal government nor the local, nor the people involved have denied this information.

On May 21, 2018, in Guadalajara, Luis Carlos Nájera, former chief of security of Jalisco, future public prosecutor then secretary of the Labor in the same entity, was the target of an armed attack whereas He was in the restaurant of an area known as Chapultepec.

Najera was not injured, but 9 people were injured, including two of his bodyguards. After two administrations, the former public servant resigned from the public administration and admitted that his badailants were members of the CJNG.

Currently "El Mencho" is the leader of the most violent and powerful criminal organization considered by the DEA and the Mexican government, having operations in 22 states of the country, as well as in Europe and Asia.